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ERIC Number: EJ253670
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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Seven Reasons Why Theories Sometimes Don't Translate into Good Classroom Teaching.
Larkin, Greg
English Journal, v70 n7 p30-32 Nov 1981
Suggests that educational theories fail to work in English classrooms because they (1) have no depth of thought, (2) are not adapted to regular classroom situations, (3) are applied to the wrong kinds of students/teachers, (4) address the wrong problem, and (5) are discarded too quickly. (RL)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Theory Practice Relationship